Today is national ice cream day, a holiday proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan as the third sunday of the month of July. That would be today. Eat ice cream.
From the Kitsap Sun:
What are the top five flavors of ice cream consumed in the United States? Vanilla (30 percent), chocolate (10 percent), butter pecan (4 percent), strawberry (3.7 percent) and chocolate chip mint (3.2 percent) according to National Eating Trends Services.
Here are some more ice cream facts:
The largest volume of ice cream and frozen desserts in the nation is produced in California.
The ice cream industry generates more than $21 billion in annual sales.
About 9 percent of all of milk produced in the U.S. is used to make ice cream.
Statistics from 2007 show ice cream is the largest share of the frozen dessert market, 62.4 percent. Low-fat and nonfat ice cream, weigh in at 25 percent, followed by frozen yogurt: 4.4 percent, water ice: 4.1 percent and sherbet: 3.4 percent with “other” coming in at 0.8 percent.
Novelties like ice cream sandwiches, fudge sticks and fruit juice bars that do and don’t contain dairy ingredients were valued at $2.4 billion in 2004. The top flavor in novelties mirrors the number one flavor in ice cream: Vanilla, followed by fudge.
Those are all boring factoids. What’s your favorite flavor? Mine is Chocolate Mint Chip.
This will be a sacrifice for me, but I am always willing to do my part for my country. I will find some ice cream and consume it in honor of National Ice Cream Day. It’ll be tough…choosing between chocolate, cookie dough, or Moose Tracks, but I must answer the call.
Does Gellato count? Stew Leonards has some great flavors and I am going to get some in a little while. They have about 8 different flavors and The esspresso mocha chocolate(can’t remember its real name) is calling my name!
I like açaí, buriti, and green corn.
My college roommate worked at a homemade ice cream shop. The two of us ate a half gallon each night. His best was pumpkin.
Don’t count Dairy Queen in this. It ain’t ice cream; it’s ice milk.
Mary, Beau, and I did our part. Went down to check out the Colombian Festival — which we could hear all the way up on Elmwood Avenue — and continued past to get some ice cream.
Beau (my Redbone Coonhound) loves his little cup of soft-serve vanilla.
Don’t feel bad Mike..I could hear it at my house as well …way too loud! The Haitian Fest was much quieter.
OMG! I missed it and the chance to get my two favorite flavors, Mint Chip and Jamocha Almond Fudge, together in a cup. I’ll have to rush out and make up for it. Is pennance eating three or four servings to be punished for not paying attention?
No, penance is buying enough for everybody! (Sounds like a nice combination)